Margaret Webster
Financial Manager

Area: Financial
Supports: All of Russell Labs
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Oversee finance and budgets including pre and post awards for research in all departments in and including Russell Labs.
- Management consultation on all aspects of project set-up to spending (payroll, supplies, travel, tuition, equipment, contracts, indirects, fee for service accounts, etc).
- Supervise financial staff and oversee all financial processing done in Russell Labs.
List by Task
Task | Area - links to area homepage w/contact info except Self Serve) | Contacts/Additional Info |
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Academic policy advisement, university and college, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Admissions processing, applicant review (graduate) | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Advising, graduate | Student Services | Emily Laabs; Faculty advisor and Committee |
Advising, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Advisor Note System, maintaining notes on undergraduate students | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Airfare, hotel reservations for guests (non-employees) | Administration | Ashley Bowman |
Airfare, hotel reservations for UW employees | Self Serve | Self-serve; host PI/Dept, or individuals. Concur System If questions arise with reservations, contact Amber |
Benefits eligibility, enrollment and consulting | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler |
Building and facilities management | Facilities & Instrumentation | Tim Lorenz |
Cancel courses | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Capstone agreements, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Career counseling, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Compliance, employee | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Compliance, grants | Grants | Laurie Luther |
Computer won't start | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Conference room reservations | Self Serve | View conference room calendars here. Book conference rooms with Outlook 365 or Outlook. |
Consulting, ordering a new UW-owned computer | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Consulting, ordering software for a new UW-owned computer | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Content updates, department websites (includes directories) | Ento - Ben Bradford PP - complete form FWE - details here |
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Content updates, lab websites | Self Serve | Service not offered. CALS Web Services offers WordPress training. |
Copying - copier use and questions | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff How-to: Scanning to and from USB/Flash Drive |
Copying - making copies | Self Serve | Self-serve |
Cost Share | Financial Services | Pre-Award: Brittney Greene (FWE) Laurie Luther (Ento, PP); Margaret Webster ( Pre & Post award) |
Courier services/shipping | Facilities & Instrumentation | Tim Lorenz |
Course attributes, assigning | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Course evaluations, executing (AEFIS) | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Course waitlists, managing | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Curriculum management, graduate | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Curriculum management, undergraduate (covers Guide editing, course proposals, program changes) | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
DARS evaluations, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth Includes advising students on time to degree completion, and coordinating exceptions to curriculum in consultation with program faculty |
Deferrals, tuition, to 3rd party | Financial Services | Margaret Webster (P); Alyson Amenda (B) |
Department fileserver, can't access files | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Deposits, cash and check (to 136 accounts) | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Deposits, gift check (to UW Foundation and 233 accounts) | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Direct Payments (DPs) | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Driver authorizations, State vehicle | Campus Business Services - More Info | |
ECC and ECRT effort (on-line work effort reporting) | Financial Services | Margaret Webster, Laurie Luther; Alyson Amenda |
Email lists for departments, Subscriptions | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Employee conflict, health/wellness, trainings and compliance | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Employee funding | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Employment information and consulting | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Employment termination | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Events - in Advance of scheduling | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff Margaret Webster |
Expense reimbursement policy and approvals | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Faculty/academic staff leave reporting and requests | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler |
Fee for service account requests (136 accounts) | Financial Services | Margaret Webster |
Fellowships (Graduate) - includes WDGF and SciMed GRS | Student Services | Emily Laabs; Alyson Amenda; Margaret Webster |
Fileserver, department, can't access files | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Fleet vehicles - funding | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff Margaret Webster |
Fleet vehicles - general info and reservations | Self Serve | Self-serve: Fleet car information Fleet car online reservation system (UW and DOA Fleets are now combined in a single reservation system) |
Funding, employee | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Gift check deposits (to UW Foundation and 233 accounts) | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Grad student employment | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda; Emily Laabs |
Grants - post-award: - accounting - expense review - monitoring, reporting and closeout - no-cost extensions - re-budget - subcontracts |
Financial Services | Margaret Webster Financial Services Staff |
Grants - pre-award: - proposal assistance and review - Grants.gov proposal submissions - proposal budget review |
Grants | Laurie Luther; Margaret Webster (proposal budget review) |
Growth chambers | Facilities & Instrumentation | Tim Lorenz |
Handbooks and forms for academic programs (Graduate) | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Health/wellness, employee | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Hire requests, student hourly and TE | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler |
Independent Study Agreements, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Instagram account, Russell Labs, maintain | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Installing software on computers in a classroom | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Installing software on computers in a lab | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Instrument shop | Facilities & Instrumentation | Tim Lorenz |
Keys | Facilities & Instrumentation | Tim Lorenz |
Lab website - questions/instruction on using WordPress | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Lab website - report an outage | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Lab website - request a new WordPress site (faculty) | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Lab website - user account questions | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Leave reporting and requests, faculty/academic staff | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Linux support | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Lists, email (for departments) | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Lost and Found | Facilities & Instrumentation | Tim Lorenz |
Mac support | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Mail, mailroom | Facilities & Instrumentation | Tim Lorenz |
Major declaration, single and double, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth Includes declaring new students in the major and advising on time to degree completion |
Milestones, track student milestones and progress towards degree (Graduate) | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Mobile device support | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Network is down | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
No Cost Extension (NCE) and re-budget requests (Post-Award) | Financial Services | Margaret Webster Financial Services Staff |
Online course updates (Undergraduate and Graduate) | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Order office supplies | Self Serve | Self-serve; staff can order their own office supplies via ShopUW+ and will need approval from Alyson. |
Packages, receiving in Russell Labs, shipping from Russell Labs | Facilities & Instrumentation | Tim Lorenz |
Parking permits, renewal - State vehicle | Self Serve | Self-serve; PI's will be emailed their renewal directly from Transportation Services. |
Payment to Individual Reports (PIRs) | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Photocopying - copier use and questions | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff How-to: Scanning to and from USB/Flash Drive |
Photocopying - making copies | Self Serve | Self-serve |
Printer, installing | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Printer, office or lab - paper | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Printer, office or lab - toner | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Program Certification/Program of Study - Graduate | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Projector doesn't work in classroom | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Projector doesn't work in conference room | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Purchasing card applications and management | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Qualifying exams | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Recruitment (Employee) | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Recruitment (Graduate) | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Registration, conference | Self Serve | Self-serve; use pcard or e-reimbursement. |
Reimbursement, travel expense, procedures and approvals | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Remission, tuition | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Requisitions, purchase orders (>$5000) | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Reservations, classroom | Administration | Ashley Bowman; Allee Hochmuth (backup) |
Reservations, conference room | Self Serve | View conference room calendars here. Book conference rooms with Outlook 365 or Outlook. |
Russell network fileserver - problems accessing files | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Russell network fileserver - problems logging in | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Schedule of classes | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Scholarship nomination process, undergraduate, assistance | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Shop UW | Self Serve/Financial Services | Self-serve; staff can order their own office supplies per PI approval with funding source via ShopUW+, and will need to route for approval from Financial Services Staff |
SOAR activity management | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth Includes evaluating Advanced Placement scores, transferring credit equivalencies, advising students on appropriate First-year Interest Groups (FIGS) and liaising with appropriate campus offices as necessary (Registrar's Office, International Student and Scholars Services, CALS Academic Affairs, etc.) |
Software, installing on a personal or UW-owned computer | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Software, installing on computers in a classroom | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Software, installing on computers in a lab | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Student employment, Grad | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Student employment, Undergrad | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler |
Student enrollment permissions, graduate | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Student enrollment permissions, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Student hourly and TE hire requests | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler |
Student Information System (SIS) updates | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Student recruitment, undergraduate | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth Includes participate in campus recruitment events |
Supplies, order office supplies (Hub only) | Self Serve | Self-serve; staff can order their own office supplies via ShopUW+ and will need approval from Alyson. |
Telephone lines (VoIP setup) | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Timesheet entry and approval | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler |
Timetable | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Trainings, employee | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Travel expense reimbursement procedures and approvals | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff |
Troubleshooting, computer general | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Tuition deferrals to 3rd party | Financial Services | Margaret Webster (P); Alyson Amenda (B) |
Tuition remission | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
Undergraduate advising | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Undergraduate curriculum | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Undergradute listserves, manage | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Vehicles, department | Facilities & Instrumentation | Facilities and Instrumentation Staff |
Vehicles, fleet - funding | Financial Services | Financial Services Staff Margaret Webster |
Vehicles, fleet - general info and reservations | Self Serve | Self-serve: Fleet car information Fleet car online reservation system (UW and DOA Fleets are now combined in a single reservation system) |
Virus, computer has | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Visa application processing and consulting | HR/Payroll | Sonia Parker; Candice Butler; Alyson Amenda |
VoIP lines | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Waitlists, managing | Student Services | Allee Hochmuth |
Warrants | Student Services | Emily Laabs |
Website, department website - content editing (includes directories) | Ento - Ben Bradford PP - complete form FWE - details here |
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Website, department website - report an outage | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Website, lab - questions/instructions on using WordPress | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Website, lab - report an outage | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Website, lab - request a new WordPress site (faculty) | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Website, lab - user account questions | CALS Web Services | CALS Web Services |
Won't start, computer | Russell Labs IT | IT Staff |
Task | Area - links to area homepage w/contact info except Self Serve) | Contacts/Additional Info |